I stopped treating my Raspberry Pi like a tiny server — and it finally clicked
Jeff Butts Apr 1, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system…
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My next CPU cooler will be an AIO liquid cooler, and the reason has nothing to do with temperatures
…The surface area of a tower air cooler is limited to the fin stack and heat pipes, and in addition to that, you usually only have one or two fans blowing, which…
I connected Claude Code to my home server through MCP, and now I manage my entire lab by talking to it
…Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS, storage solutions, and PC internals to help readers master their tech. Sign in to your XDA account Setting up…
After a year of self-hosting LLMs, I realized the real bottleneck isn’t the GPU
…After that, he shifted his focus to empowering readers through informative and engaging content on his tech blog – DiGiTAL BiRYANi . He has also published tech articles for MakeTechEasier . He loves to explore…
I started my home lab with a full-size PC, and now I can't imagine using anything else
…You spend a couple of months learning what you actually run, how much storage and RAM it really takes, and whether you actually care about all of this self-hosting stuff. The…
I ditched Claude, ChatGPT, NotebookLM, and Perplexity for these free open-source tools
…stack consisted of a music streaming app like Spotify or Apple Music, an entertainment app like Netflix or Amazon Prime, and some sort of cloud storage. Those were the basics, and then…
I replaced NotebookLM with a local LLM, and the difference is night and day
…research, work documents, reading stacks, anything where cloud storage isn’t a concern. But some documents just aren’t things I want to hand to Google, and my local LLM has been…
The best PC components are rising in price, but the good, cheap alternatives are still staying cheap
Hamlin Rozario Jun 2, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Hamlin has been in the tech field for over seven years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf , OSXDaily, Beebom, MashTips, and…
I integrated Claude with Adobe without paying for Creative Cloud, and it took my graphics workflow to the next level
…Their expertise lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, covering areas like photography, video editing, and graphic design. Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book…
My RTX 5090 can't keep up with Apple Silicon on the biggest local LLMs, and I hate to admit it
Adam Conway May 14, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My…